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ments, such as buildings, water tanks or
wells, will be entertained or accepted by
the board. But the number of sections
of land which any lessee may improve
under this rule and hold free from sale
penGiug his lease, shall not exceed one
section to each ten sectlons'leased by
him."
MINERALS (ACT 1883, p. 1907.
Seventy-elght mineral claims have
been filed under the provisions OF the act
approved April II, 1888, covering gold,
silver, lead copper, coal sid kaOiin. But
few Of these Claims are reported as being
at al remuneratiye, and Ouly Sl2 % have
been paid INTO the Treasury ON account OF
the per cent. gross proceeds coming to
the state out Of these mines.
EXPENSES.
Salaries and expenses of grass, timber
and mineral agents, Sl0,+3l02.
Six of these agents were appointed and
| kept in the ii Id ten months at salari-o OF
$50 pr month, with expenses the fr5t
five months paid. The timber agent IL
fected settlements with parties for timber
unlswfully Cut from school land amount
ing to Sl05S So, of which sum 1885 90
have been paid into the Treasury. The
balance is unpaid and the accounts ia
hands OF At -orneYGeneral for collection
Salaries Of surveyors to classify school
lands paid TO date, S744G57.
The board have appointed five Of these
surveyors, at salaries of $500 per month.
This is costing the funds ABOUT l cent
per acre to mark on the ground two cor
ners Of each survey, and to obtain re-
turns fully classifying each quarter of
each survey.
Paid Hon. N. Browning, attorney
tee, $1,000; paid expenses of Attorney
General, Sll0 Is.
Crbls expense covers Goodnight suits
and suits at Colorado City, defending
mandemus suits against the states agent
to compel tie state to make awards of
seven-section applications.)
Paid clerks Of the board, Sl7,S57; paid
clerks of the board Gin Land Office,
Sll,S55; paid for postage, S475; paid for
box rent, 81 so per quarter, S2l so; paid
for fuel S79 10; paid notary fees, &C.
knoW.edging lease con,rac's, Sl07 %;
paid for office furniture ard fixtures,
S29 So.
Blow is appended resolution nineteen
OF the State Land Board, being the regu-
lations under which the board is now
operating, and is substantially the rule
under which ell sales have been made
since the adoption of the first resolution
February p, 1884, restricting sales to
settlers only, and limiting the quantity to
not more than one section to each pur-
chaser.
The changes, by the number of resolu-
tons adopted, having been made with a
view, as far as possible, and as expert
ence dictated, of formulating such rule
of sale as would confine the sales to bona
tide settlers and at the same time prevent
abuses and speculation.
RESOLUTION NO. 10.
Resolved by the State Land Board, that
hereafter resolution No. Is of this board
shall be amended to read as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. Is. ..4ss
Resolved by the State Land Board, that
the following rules and regulations are
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Note.-Forfeitures for year 1854 were
few, and the board allowed lands to go
back on the market. For year 1885, re-
garding forfeltures as shown by proceed
ing list, the board adopted the following
order, to wit:
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Let's Prohibit Eating.
Cincinnati Commercial

There are more people killed or dis
abled Fy excessive eating and unwhOle
some food than by drink.
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If you spit up phlesm, and are troubled
with hacking cough, use DR.. ]. q. Nc
Leans Tar Wine Lung Balm.
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1888, which may become forfeited for
failure to pay The interest due by the LIST
day of August, and which lands are &C
tuailJ occupied as homesieads, by the
purchasers or their vendees, are hereby
declared to be segregated from the mass
OF educational lands, aud the same shsll
not be subject TO re-entry or purchase,
except to the actual occupant, while so
occupied as homes.esds, until the Legis-
ture or the courts OF the country shall
otherwise order.
Resolved further, That as the improve
ments on all forfeited lauds become the
property of the fund to which the lard
belongs, the ectual occupant of such
land is hereby cnarged with the duty of
preserving such property from desLruc-
tiou or removal.
Under this order the board accept new
files from sll settlers who Can make
ploof Of settlement, and this is being
done IN great many cases.
LEASE DEPARTMENT
The following embraces the principal
transactions in this department since the
act of 1888 vent into effect, the first
leases being made at the January A. d..
1884 sitting the beard: Net receipts
from leases, S52l.S45 81; balances due
by lesseeS, Sll7934 50.
The above figures are 10 December 81,
1886, and q considerable amount Of the
balance due bsing for October, Novem-
Der and December payments, much OF it
will oe received during January.
Lessees viii also be entitled to credit
for large number of sections sod out of
their leases, and this will further greatly
reduce the amount put down Gs Que and
unpaid. Credit is not given for sections
sold at the time the sales are made, for
the reason that the board holds that the
lessee remains in possession and respou-
sible Tor the rent until the purchas er set
Ties III compliance with the terms of his
purchase. In large numOer of cases
this proof OF settlement has not yet been
furnished, and credit has consequently
not been given. 1t may alsO be proper to
stste that Of the above balance the sum
of So, 2G0 is due on leases Of public do
main il Greer county.
The accoun'S for amounts overdue ere
made out after thirty to sixty days, and
pl ced in the hands of the Attorney Gen.
eral for collection. A large number CT
suits hAys been brought and many col
lections made through his department.
am also. advised that many large amounts,
lately falling In, are in process of col
lection, and viii probably be received be-
fore the meeting of he Legislature.
Total Tun6erso' acres leased. 424l ,449
EIrGHeansty ieasad, favng
a
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TIE following order, relating to the
sale of sections improved by lessees, WAS
adopted by the board January -, 1886,
to-wit:
''Rasolved, that hereafter no applica-
ticn to purchase leased lands upon which
the lessee has placed permanent improve
ments, such as buildings, water tanks or
wells, will be entertained or accepted by
the board. But the number of sections
of land which any lessee may improve
under this rule and hold free from sale
pending his lease, shall not exceed one
section to each ten sections leased by
him"
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Published Every Friday
By THE
DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING C0MP'NY

Entered at the Postoflice at Fort Worth as
Second Glass Mail Matter.
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Resolved, that all common school, uni
versity and asylum lands, sold under the
provisions of the act approved April II,
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Office of Public ation Second ST., Between Houston
aud ThrOckmarton. Entered at the Fort worth
Po,toifice as Secosi-CIass Mail Matter.
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COUNTIES. ACRES. COUNTIES. ACRES.
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RESOLUTION No. %.

OFFICE OF STATE LAND BOARD, !
AUSTIN, TEX, Aug. 3, 1855.
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Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Total acres (reprasent :
ing 523 lease accounts.
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THE LAND BOARD.
Report Of the Land Board OF the State
OF Texas, nRde Decem-
Der 81, 1856.
The Transactions of tho Board E:slating ]
the Common school, University
and Asylum Lands.

OFFICE OF STATE LAND BOARD,
AUSTIN, TEX, Dec. 81, 1886.
lie Senate and House of Representa-
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Kind OF Lana.
No. of acres

Kinds and Prices Of Lands Legsed.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON c., THURSDAY

Commissioner took charge, with the amount
received and sent out during the month of
March, 1887, will be interesting.
In March, 1884, there were received 1895
pieces of mail matter, and there were sent
out 141 $50 letters and circulars. In March
of the present year there were received 227,-
203 pieces Of mail matter, and there were
sent out 1912 letters and circulars
During the week there were furnished for
the use Of claimants 1856 names and post
Offices addresses of officers and comrades;
LOG medical examinations reported at a
total cost Of S7,9932s, the average cost per
examination being $40; COZ cases sent for
special examination, and 55i reports received
of special examinations; 162 appeal cases
referred to the Secretary of the Interior; "a
new attorneys entered upon the record; six
cases referred for criminal prosecution TO the
Department Of Justice.
From the LIST of July, 1856, up to the 30th
of April of the present year, there were H.
Cos pension certificates issued, the largest
number by far ever issued during the same
time. In the two months of the fiscal
year remaining, there will be without doubt
10000 allowances, which will make mag
nifcent showing Of the years work. There
is now in the pending files not a single case
which has not received consideration and
action during Gen. Blacks administration.
Some months ago the Commissioner issued
an order to his Chiefs of Divisions that every
case should be taken from the files and acted
upon before the LIST of June. The order has
already been fully complied with.
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THE CONFEDERATE BONDS.

The English holders of Confederate bonds
express themselves as much more hopeful
than at any time since the close of the war.
They formed an association in 1883, and
pooled a large quantity of their holdings.
The association retained able counsel, its
lawyer in this country being Judge Fuller
ton. Last year Judge Fullerton appeared
before Congressional committee and made
an argument in behalf Of his clients. He
| attacked the Fourteenth Amendment Of the
Consultation, which forever prohibits the
payment OF any portion of the Confederate
debt and said that in adding this to the
organic law of the country the United
/ States Government unnecessarily and un-
solicited, and in the exercise of a superior
and arbitrary power, stepped between the
Confederate States and their creditors. The
Government not only acted unwisely, but
committed a stupendous blunder. 1t not only
relieved the guilty party from just liza
bility, but il was wanton destruction of a
debt it did not owe, and with which it had
no concern. In doing so it assumed fear
full responsibility" He went on to say that
the effect of the amendment TO the Con.
stitution was, first, TO extinguish the Con.
fedcrate debt; and, secondly, at the sam,
time, and as a consequence, to create a new
liability for damages against the United
States, measured by the value of the prop
, erty SO wrongfully destroyed. The liability
here asserted, therefore, is not for the Con
federate debt, but the damages inflicted upol
the holders of it for its extinguishment"
The association gravely assures the hold
I ers Of Confederate bonds that these "argu
] ments struck the whole press of the Unite
: States with surprise, and that many OF III
7 ablest lawyers in the country agreed tina
e their logic was unanswerable."
d The circular concludes:
s "Steps of an important nature are no
o contemplated by your committee, which
k is not in the interest Of the bondholdeIs /;
l. present TO state; but counsel is Of opinio
/ that that they will result in the committc
s. obtaining authority from the next session
the United States Congress to raise Il
whole question by suit in the Court
Claims.p
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/" UNKNOWN. %
81 SARAH A. MATHEWS, xrysxAS, o.

Oh, let me be alOnel
To gather thought and rest my aching head;
For am weared with my searebings. ali so vain,
Among the unknown dead; yet had fain
Believed that could know my dead
Though marked Unknown
Stone after stone
Lifts Us white head beneath the MONDAY sun,
Until sicken at their number and repine;
Altho' know that among them should be
mine.
But oh. which one which ouel
They re al q Unknown"
Could but find my own.
Zen tho no shade was there. no fragrant blooms,
Yet would rest me there and let the tired tears
And send my prayer to Heaven that God would
pity all
Who wander desoIa,e among the sonbs
Marked thus {" Unknown"
Unknown" "Unknowni"
An army ehristened by one name!
Yet each darling of some mothers heart,
Or idol of some wife, whose pulses start
Al Thoughts Of them, with new born pain,
Because " Unknown"
And so sigh and moan
Until my wishes into prayers have grown
That God would cover all these graves with
flowers.
Or from the Heavenly beds send buds in showers
\ Until their blooms had blown
I Der all " Unknown"
| Now am ealmer grownl
God comforts those he chastens with his rod;
And 30 I lift my face and smile through lashes
God knows each herO's grave and he win not
forget
| They are not lost from God
Though marked Unknown"
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ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

HARPERS FERRY-TRe Escape Of The
Capal,y. 81 Thomas Ben, Bend MAJOR, 9Th
H. T. Car, Brooklyn, ~ y
FORT HTNDMAE--A Brilliant Achieve
nenf IN arkansas By Charles o. Musser, Ser
geant. Co. A, 18Th IoCa, armada, Neb.
THE CHARGE AZ ALDIE.-Actiue Work
auih he Saber By n. C. Whitoker, Co. d,
Sd y. Car. NeD Market, Tenn.
LIFE ON An 0UTPOST-AnotherG Graphic
Sketch II Service ia The Far South. By f.
B. Lrfkin. 90. Z. 18th Ne, Weld, De.
GEN J. z. B. STUART-HoV he Re
ceiUod HIS Fatal Hound By a. e. Nut
theirs LIST Mach CdU., Milford Mach
sAELORs CREEK.-One Of the Final Car
alry Charges Of the Var. By Hugo Malo'tt,
Co. {, l0h A. y. Car, Cincinnati, o.
HAWKINSS ZOUAVES.-T First BayO-
net Charge By II. E. Whitney, Sergeant
Co. B, 9h a. T., Her York City.
TIE SECRET SERVTCE-THe wOrk Of
She Pinkerton Detectives during the ,car.
By II'iliiam T. Curtis Washington, ID. c.
TIE GUNTOWH TRIP-A graphic sketch
Of his Inflated expedition. By Sergt John
". Lacocl, 93d Ind, Mason, H.
TIE 81 UEDERS RAID.-1n account Of a
daring and successful eEpeditiOR By S.
Cordea Fry, Batte,y d, lst Ohio L. a., La
Crosse Kan.
OHIO AT GETTYSBURG.-A resume o.
sclat soldiers Of the Buckeye State did there.
BIZ s. r. Norris, Co. d, 7h 0hiO DDigLr
Oak
TRIP 10 HILTON HEAD.-The Oduen-
tnres Of some soldiers DhO did not haze their
sea-lags on. By Thomas NOlOHg, Go. X
sh Mich, and Co. d, q. S. Engineers, Jacl.
con, Mich.
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MUSTERED OUT.

CUTTER.-At Natiek, Mass Apr q Col William
A. Cutter. He born in Litchfeld Me- Oct q
1884. In May. 1861, he was enrolled in Co H. I3th
Mass went To- Fort Warren with that command
and was mustered into the United States service
July Is, 1861. His war record is an unusual one
aud he rose from the ranks to the grads of Brevet
Colonel by long, brave and continuous service. He
shared the fortunes of the Potomac campaigns
until Nov. n. 1863 He was mustered as Corporal :
promoted Sergeant Nov. l, lS62: First Sergeant
April l. 1873. and at the battle of Gettysburg July
l. 1863 was wounded in the Jeff leg Nov a. 1853
he was commissioned Captain in the 9th IT, s. q.
T. and served ill the close Of the war with con
spicuOus gallantry.
Dow.-Rohert Dow died April q, at BeIlefon-
tame .. He was born ia Scotland May7 IsI2;
went with his parents to Logan County o. in IS29.
lie was well known and highly respected citizen.
In ls63 lac recruited Co ID. 18th Ohio of " h.eh he
was Captain until On account of poor health he
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

HONEY sent as otherwise Than Unregistered letter
postal m0ney order, or drGG on AeU
Fork mil BE- al g,c risk of tse sender.
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g. changed as often dessTed, bat each subscriber
should in orcr giue e old t0ea nc'r dddToSs
~ rsririna subscribers soid ecarci 10 send us te
lobd on the last paper roosUed and specify any cor
SECTIONS or cgilgo I.ey desire made en- name or adj
dross
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sioA Military Agricultural, Industrial and Household
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OUR FLAG
AND
ITS HISTORY"
A BEAUTIFUL HISTORICAL CHART.

This is an elegant as well as valuable his
torieal production 1t is large-sized sheet
of heavy paper, embellished with brilliantly
colOred representations of all the hags used
by the Colonies in the Revolutionary and
prior wars. They show how the Star
Spangled Banner was finally evolved out Of
these. There 10 also on the chart pictures
Of the old Independence Hall in Philadel-
phia, and the residence of the lady who
made the first Star Spaugled Banner. In
the center of the chart is a great white
star, with the words Of the "Star Spangled
Banner" printed on its face. Around it are
pictorial reproductions of the various EN-
blems which it was proposed to put on the
flag. The whole is an admirable ornament
for the Post room, or parior or sitting
room. We will send one of these inclOsed
in strong pastebOard tube to any address
on receipt of so cents, or We viii send it as
a premiun for four new subscribers for one
| gear
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LEE AND THOMAS.

Gen. w. T. Sherman has again used his
pen TO good advantage. Gen. Lord Wolse-
ley, who shared the admiration Of the Eng
lish aristocrats for the rebellion and its
leaders, wrote a eulogy Of Lee for an English
magazine, in which he extolled the rebel
commander as the greatest American since
Washington.
Gen. Sherman wrote an article for the
North AnoioaH ReDiec, in which, while he
admits that Lee was a great soldier, he
demonstrates that Grant and Thomas were
his suporiors, both morally and as soldiers
He says Of Lee:
HE sphere Of action was however, local. Tic
never rose to the grand problem which involved I
continent and future generations. Ills Virgins
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FORCE THE FIGHTING.


We hope that every comrade is revolving
in his mind the advice we gave last week
about making the Dependent Pension Bill
aud the recommendations Of the National
Pension Committee issues in every political
gathering and convention--large or small
which is held in the North and West before
Congress meets
Let ms have the matter considered and
acted on everywhere, from the primaries in
the Townships to the conventions of the
/ States.
Indeed there is no better place in which
to begin the discussion of the matter than
in Township and County conventions. There
il viii come directly home to the people,
both as patriots and as taxpayers. They
have the whole problem directly under their
eyes in its most practical form. They know
the men Of the community who left every
thing at the country's call and sacrificed
themselves on her altar; they know the
needs and deserving Of these men; they
know who Of them are in the poorhouses-
and who are making painful struggles tc
keep from going thither; they know who
have been unable TO get pension at all, OF
who have only obtained an absurdly Rleager
one They also know how much il is cost
ing the taxpayers of the Township and
County 10 support men who should be sup
ported by the General Government
in the presence of facts like these, which
are known to or movable by every man in
the convention, the gibes and jeers of pen
sion opponents recoil upon themselves. It'll
not whether some mythical horde Of bounty
Jumpers and coffee-coolers, which only exis
in the Presidents imagination, shall have
pensions, but whether John Jones' whom al
the older men in the convention remembe
as a bright, active young man when he en-
listed, who served faithfully and who is nov
hobbling about with the rheumatism, shat
receive pension from the Government, o
shall be maintained by his reJstives or friend
with aid from the Township or Count.
Treasury.
If each local convention acts upon tn
knowledge il has of the condition Of tn
veterans of the neighborhood, there will b
but one result everywhere-an earnest de
mand for the passage of a law embodyin
every recommendation of the National Pen
sion Committee
Let us have the issue made in every con
vention Let US have the fullest discussion @
past and proposed pension legislation, wit
its precise workings on men known IN tn
community pointed out This is the bes
way TO get at the truth, and meet the clamor
of the pension-haters. We have everything
to gain and nothing to fear from the utmos
freedom Of discussion on this subject On
enemies dare not meet us fairly and SQUARED
on il, and the more the matter is argued be
fore the people the stronger viii appear tn
b case Of the soldier.
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An uNRInnEN GUEST.

A number of St Louis people continue to
urge the President TO visit their city during
the National Encampment They seem
strangely forgetful of the fundamental rules
of hospitality. When 4 gentleman invites
another gentleman and his family TO pay
him visit at stated time he is careful not
TO invite any one else without first finding
out whether the two parties are mutually
agreeable. To invite people who are on bad
terms with each other would be a fragrant
abuse of hospitality, and make the host who
did il deserving OF the resentment Of both
the parties whom he placed in such an en-
barrassing position. This is precisely what
will happen if the President is brought to st.
Louis during the Encampment. The GAR
accepted the invitation to meet in ST. Louis
as the guests Of the city, and every con-
sideration Of hospitality dictates that no I'M
welcome guest shall be brought there to
share their entertainment. Mr.. Cleveland
win be an unwelcOme guest, both on his
own account and on account of the elements
that he viii attract there during his visit 1t
will produce unpleasantness that every one
in the GAR. desires TO avoid.
He will receive no invitation from the
GAR to be present, and for the st. Louis
people TO force upon Us an unbidden guest
will be rudely inhospitable.